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How MLB at Rickwood Field will 'give the Negro Leagues their flowers'
Fox Sports· 4 hours agoOakland Coliseum, a historic site of baseball memories and legends, was within spitting distance of...
Pasadena’s Jackie Robinson Community Center turns 50; Leaders say it still makes an impact
Pasadena Star-News· 5 days agoIt was in the bottom of the seventh inning of his Major League debut in 1947 when Jackie Robinson...
The greatest players to play at Rickwood Field, including the Say Hey Kid, Hammer, Mr. Cub
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo Sports· 15 hours agoAaron's 755 career home runs stood as an MLB record for 33 years, and he still holds league records...
Story behind first segregated professional baseball team and its ties to South Florida
Gannett via AOL· 5 hours agoIn 1946, one year before Jackie Robinson's debut, Branch Rickey hired Fred and Ray Dobens to run the...
The complicated legacy of Birmingham’s white baseball legends: Ben Chapman
Birmingham News· 13 hours ago“Rickwood: The legacy of America’s oldest ballpark” takes a deep dive into stories from the Negro...
Willie Mays will not attend MLB game at historic Rickwood Field
WFTV 9 Orlando· 1 day agoBaseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays said that he will not be attending Thursday’s major league...
Johnson: Why I'll be rooting for the Cardinals at Rickwood. And the Giants.
Birmingham News· 9 hours agoMy assignment was to verify the facts in a feature on Brock penned by one of our lauded senior...
Opinion | Negro Leagues baseball was even greater than the record books can say
Washington Post· 1 day agoBob Kendrick is president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo. Major League...
The 22 best MLB careers by players with Alabama baseball roots
Birmingham News· 1 day agoFor the Terrific 22 – the players with Alabama baseball roots who have had the best careers in Major...
Let the record show that Major League Baseball now truly recognizes Negro leagues stars such as Josh...
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoThe reasoning behind MLB’s decision to reach back in history, dust off all-but-lost-to-time Negro...